Like previous games, there are a variety of points within the game where you get given a Pokémon. These Pokémon for the most part take your ID and Number but are yours to keep. You need to have a space in your party in order to receive these Pokémon.

#511 Pansage, #513 Pansear & #515 Panpour

Location: Dreamyard

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The first Pokémon of which you will receive as a gift will be one of three Pokémon. When you first enter The Dreamyard, you will find a lady who will gladly give you one of the apes. The Pokémon that you receive is, however, not up to you. Instead, you get the Pokémon of the type that is weak against your starter. If you chose Snivy, you'll get Panpour. If you chose Tepig, you'd get Pansage and if you chose Oshawott, you'd get Pansear. They are at Level 10 and are quite handy for use in the first gym battle.

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The next gift Pokémon is the Illusion capable Pokémon, Zorua. To get Zorua, you will need to have first transferred Celebi over to Black & White using the Transfer Machine. Once done, take Celebi to one of the buildings in Castelia City where you['ll see a girl with another girl who is apparently lost. Celebi will come out from its Pokéball and the lost girl will shed her illusion and turn out to be Zorua. Zorua will be offered to join you. However, you do need a Pokéball as one will be used up when you obtain it. It can be any ball.

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The next gift Pokémon are the fossil Pokémon. In the Relic Castle, you'll get given a choice of two fossils, the Cover Fossil or the Plume Fossil. Take the fossil you choose to Nacrene City's museum and speak to one of the clerks at the entrance. She will take your fossil and revive it into the following Pokémon

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The next gift Pokémon is in a house in Route 18. When you enter this house, talk to the guy in the red suit and hat. He will offer to give you a Pokémon Egg. If you accept and hatch the egg, you'll discover that

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The next gift Pokémon is more of a purchase. In a style similar to the salesman in Kanto's Route 3, on the Marvelous Bridge, you will find a man who will sell you a rare Pokémon for 500 PokéDollars. Unlike in Red & Blue however, the Pokémon he sells you is rare and can't be obtained anywhere else in Unova. It is Magikarp.

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In the Twist Mountain Cave, there is a man who will give you a fossil once a day after you have obtained the National Pokédex. These fossils are the fossils of the Kanto, Hoenn & Sinnoh Pokémon and you can get one at random each day so you have an unlimited supply of these Fossils. Go to the Nacrene City museum in order to revive them